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    The stability of academic publishing can be attributed tothe complex interplay between various stakeholders... By allocating most publishing roles to journals, the Web merely facilitates traditionalpublishing processes rather than innovating them.

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    AltOA: Why Has The Web Failed To Have A Disruptive Impact On Academic Publishing? by Will Fyson

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    Leslie Carr
    The stability of academic publishing can be attributed tothe complex interplay between various stakeholders... By allocating most publishing roles to journals, the Web merely facilitates traditionalpublishing processes rather than innovating them.

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    AltOA

    Richard Fyson rwf1v07@ecs.soton.ac.uk


    Disciplines
    provide epistemology provide funding

    Dr Simon Coles S.J.Coles@soton.ac.uk

    Dissemination Through Disintermediation


    Dr Les Carr lac.ecs.soton.ac.uk

    Why has the Web failed to have a disruptive impact on academic publishing...

    The stability of academic publishing can be attributed to the complex interplay between various stakeholders...
    Research Councils

    Open Access...
    Looks at academic dissemination as an issue of accessibility... ...but leaves other responsiblities to the journals. This reinforces the role of the journal in the age of the Web.

    provide body of knowledge

    Researchers

    provide metrics

    provide articles

    provide articles & reputation

    Publishers

    Academic publishing is about...

    By allocating most publishing roles to journals, the Web merely facilitates traditional publishing processes rather than innovating them.

    Recognition Funding Metrics Rankings Reputation Impact Knowledge

    AltOA "disintermediates" journal publishers to see how the Web can affect the bigger picture...
    R E Q U I R E M E N T S S O researcher controls online researcher Researchers L profiles demonstrate contributions accessibility enhance reputation U & demonstrate skills beyond journal articles T I Research Councils researcher new impact journal bias O identify academic, economic & metrics removed network analysis N societal impact S tools for capturing computing Publishers provide services to secure revenue outputs infrastructure
    cultivate reliable body of knowledge

    Disciplines

    wider range of formats more appropriate for research

    post-publication peer review

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